teetotal
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌtiːˈtəʊ.təl]
- 美式音标 [ˌtiːˈtoʊ.t̬əl]
- 国际音标 [ti:təutəl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 完全的，绝对的；绝对戒酒的；滴酒不沾的
- vi. 绝对戒酒
词根记忆
- 来自英国戒酒运动拥护者Turner在某次戒酒演讲中的一个口误，total一词因口吃讹音为teetotal
英汉例句
- Teetotal, but partial to indulging in chocolate and desserts, he has recently lost weight.
尽管戒了酒，但偏爱狂吃巧克力和甜点，萨科奇的体重近来有所减少。
suxuewang.com - Women who enjoy a glass or 2 of red wine a day put on less weight than those who are teetotal, according to new British research.
英国一项最新研究表明，每日饮一两杯红酒的女性比那些滴酒不沾的女性更不易发胖。
www.chinadaily.com.cn - Teetotal Mugabe's private party yesterday was hosted by his wife, Grace, 44, and attended by friends and a number of African diplomats.
昨天，穆加贝的私人集会由他44岁的夫人格蕾丝主持，集会上不饮酒。 出席集会的有他的朋友和几个非洲国家的外交官。 - So do many of Turkey's estimated 15m Alevis, who practise an idiosyncratic form of Islam: they do not pray in mosques, they are not teetotal and their women do not cover their heads.
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双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- never drinking alcohol or opposed to the drinking of alcohol
- of, relating to, or practising abstinence from alcoholic drink